Slop in Sako/TRG bipod mount?

[mtn-goat]

I recently bought an Elite Iron bipod off a Hide member (great transaction; as always), and it came with the Sako / TRG mount. That seemed ideal, since I am going to use it on a KRG XRay.

When I clicked it in, I found that it has 1-1.5cm of forward/back slop. After poking at it for a bit, it really seems like a design issue, rather than an Elite Iron or KRG issue.

Anyone else have similar experience or thoughts for me?

thanks

 

[impactaddict]

friend of mine has the TRG 22/42 bipod on his Sako TRG 22A1.. for $500 its a wobbly piece of shit.

 

[Nik H]

As much as I love my AI rifles, I would never buy an AI bipod

 

[mtn-goat]

So the bipod is Elite Iron and it's nice. I'm just curious if others have had this difficulty with the mount.

 

[ma smith]

relatively rare setup in the big scheme of things,
but I'd be curious to hear if anyone else has experience with it.

 

[enichols]

I had a TRG bipod on my TRG22 for a minute. It was quickly replaced by an Atlas CAL, which lives on it to this day.

 

[Nik H]

So the bipod is Elite Iron and it's nice. I'm just curious if others have had this difficulty with the mount.

I would give Elite Iron a call. They are super helpful. I use one on my AXMC and AT. The AT requires a spigot-type of mount that the bipod attaches to. It was finicky but they helped me get it right.

 

[XP1K]

No experience with elite iron but my brothers trg bipod on his trg42 has a fair amount of slop in it. Same thing when mounted on his tikka in a krg bravo.

 

[mtn-goat]

Thanks everyone. I think I might just drill a set screw and use a thumbscrew. Bipod on/off will take 10 seconds longer but it'll be rock solid

 

[mtn-goat]

Update - since the aluminum Elite Iron bipod is made of ... aluminum, this was trivially easy. For anyone having a similar issue, just note the location of the spring. My hole nicked it by .1mm, which was fine, I could just bend it out of the way a little, but drilling my hole 1mm further back on the mount would have been optimal.

Screw is just an M5 I had lying around; still deciding what size/sort of knob to put on it.